KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2022: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) applauds the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) $1.6 million grant to Saline County, Missouri to support tourism by building a new visitors center. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, which was supported by Congressman Cleaver and signed into law by President Biden last year. "The  more

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2022: Representative Sharice Davids released a report on the new health insurance savings Kansans can soon utilize thanks to federal actions that include the health care law that passed earlier this month. Davids was joined by Molly Gotobed, a Kansas City, Kansas resident and mom, at REACH Healthcare Foundation to share what Kansans must know to take advantage of the new provisions. Th  more

BOSSIER CITY, Louisiana, Aug. 31 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2022: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) met with elected officials and community leaders to discuss the possibility of passenger rail service being established between Atlanta and the Dallas/Fort Worth Region, going through North Louisiana. The likelihood of this happening has increased thanks to Cassidy's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which includes $66 billion in ne  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2022: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) and Congressman Jake LaTurner (KS-02) today announced two grants totaling $1,454,770 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the Amelia Earhart Airport in Atchison. These resources - the combined total of a $1,167,300 grant and $287,470 grant - will be used to complete Phases 2 and 3 of construction on runway 16/34 a  more